From the
New Mexico Independent - After ten years of retirement at
Holloman Air Force Base, more than 100 U.S. government-owned chimpanzees who were used for decades in NASA and federal medical studies, are now heading to a
government lab in San Antonio, Texas, for new tests of experimental hepatitis C and hepatitis B vaccines, the
Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Animal rights groups
oppose the move and want Congress to enact an outright ban on federal chimpanzee research. Gov.
Bill Richardson and U.S. Sen.
Tom Udall oppose moving the chimps to Texas. Richardson met with NIH officials last month to lobby for the chimps’ continued retirement in Alamogordo, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Holloman chimps heading for new lab tests in Texas
From the New Mexico Independent - After ten years of retirement at Holloman Air Force Base, more than 100 U.S. government-owned chimpanzees who were used for decades in NASA and federal medical studies, are now heading to a government lab in San Antonio, Texas, for new tests of experimental hepatitis C and hepatitis B vaccines, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Animal rights groups oppose the move and want Congress to enact an outright ban on federal chimpanzee research. Gov. Bill Richardson and U.S. Sen. Tom Udall oppose moving the chimps to Texas. Richardson met with NIH officials last month to lobby for the chimps’ continued retirement in Alamogordo, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more
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